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G. P. REED.

Watch Regulator.

Patented Feb. 5, 1867.

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GEORGE .1 EEED, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters PatentNo. 61,867,dated February 5, 1867.

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13c it known that I, GEORG'E P. REED, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and usefulinvention having reference to the Regulator of a \Vatch or Time-Piece,and do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the followingspecification and represented in the accompanying drawing, which is atop view of it.

The nature ofsuch invention consists in the application of an adjustingscrew and spring to the index lover of a common watch-regulator,substantially in manner as hereinafter described and as exhibited insuch drawing, suoli being for efiecting a nicer adjustment of suchlever.

In the. drawing, a denotes the index lever usually applied to thehair-spring of a Watch-regulator, I; being its support-plate or carrier,which generally is provided with an arc of divisions, To thissupport-plate, and on one side of the longer arm. of the lever a, apiece of metal, a, is fastened so as to project upward from the plate.From this piece of metal a spring, d, extends and is curved around thefree end of the said longer arm so as to bear against the opposite sidethereof. A screw, 2, is screwed through the piece 0 and against the saidlonger arm of the lever a. Thus, it will be seen that the screw andspring operate on opposite sides of the arm, one to impel it in one andthe other to move it in the other direction. As the screw, While beingscrewed up, advances the lever arm, the spring will be correspondinglymoved, and both will hold the arm firmly in position. On turning thescrew hack the spring will force the arm towardthe screw. Thus, bysimply revolving the screw in either direction, we are enabled to effecta movement of the regulating lever and to adjust the said levcr withgreat. precision.

I claim the combination of an adjusting screw and spring with the indexlcvcr of a common watch-regulator,

I substantially in manner and so as to operate such lever as specified.

GEO. P. REED. Witnesses:

